The MQ-1 Predator is one of the best military drones in the world. Here's how fast it can go and what one costs for the United States to make.

It is one of the most recognizable and controversial machines of the new millennium. The RQ-1, and its armed cousin, the MQ-1, have redefined how America fights its enemies abroad. Now the U.S ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --The U.S. Air Force is preparing to phase out its MQ-1 Predator drones in favor of an all-MQ-9 Reaper fleet in 2018.The Predator's retirement will effectively conclude the unmanned ...

A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone crashed after takeoff from Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey, on Monday -- just four days after the same type of unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in the same region.

Drone Compadres. Together, the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude unmanned aircraft represent the "largest major weapons system the Air Force has right now," Air Combat Command ...

The U.S. Air Force has announced that it is officially moving to retire the MQ-1 Predator drone in early 2018 with the newer MQ-9 Reaper drone to better address its combat needs. The Predator has ...

MQ-1 Predator. Image source: U.S. Air Force. Twenty-seven feet long and sporting a 55-foot wingspan, the Predator is nearly as big as an F-16 fighter jet, but weighs just one-sixteenth as much.

An MQ-1 Predator sits on the flight line after an aircrew flew one of the last MQ-1 local training sorties Feb. 2, 2018, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. (Senior Airman James Thompson/U.S. Air ...

The MQ-1 Predator is one of the best military drones in the world. Here's how fast it can go and what one costs for the United States to make.